A 19-year-old Richmond man and 17-year-old Surrey boy are charged with aggravated assault related to a stabbing on a bus near Guildford Town Centre shopping mall on July 22, 2023.

Constable Amanda Steed, of the Metro Vancouver Transit Police, said Ramadhan Ibrahim-Hussein, 19, and the 17-year-old boy 鈥� whose identity is shielded by the Youth Criminal Justice Act 鈥� are both 鈥渒nown to police.鈥�

The stabbing happened just before 3 p.m., Steed noted, after a teenager and his girlfriend were 鈥渋nvolved in an altercation with two individuals at Guildford Mall following derogatory comments allegedly made to the girlfriend.鈥�

The teen and his girlfriend then boarded a bus at 104 Avenue and 152 Street, and after it departed 鈥渢he two suspects boarded the same bus at the next stop,鈥� Steed said.

鈥淎 second altercation took place, during which one of the suspects removed a knife from his pocket and stabbed the victim in the stomach before exiting onto 104 Ave,鈥� police allege. 鈥淭he victim was transported to hospital where he underwent emergency surgery.鈥�

Steed said the suspects鈥� faces were covered and both wore 鈥渘ondescript鈥� clothing, 鈥渕aking identification difficult.

鈥淗owever, our detectives were more than up to the challenge,鈥� she added. 鈥淓vidence was painstakingly gathered and analyzed, and forensic methodologies utilized, resulting in the arrests.鈥�

Hussein is set to appear in Surrey provincial court on Friday, Jan. 26 and the youth is scheduled to be in court on Wednesday, Jan. 31.